When Andrew Strauss's team seized the world title in the summer of 2011 they finally recovered what had been lost at the Adelaide Oval in 1959. This tale of England's preceding triumph & loss is recounted through the memoirs of many of the star players when England had last been top of the world. Bent Arms & Dodgy Wickets tells the story of English cricket's slow recovery from the Second World War of its brief time of triumph & of its undignified fall from grace
- a tale of fluctuating fortunes reflected upon by great names including Hutton Compton & Trueman Lindwall & Miller Mc Glew & Weekes. The title refers to the sporting controversies of the time
- suspect bowling actions & poor pitches
- as Britain declined as an imperial power & English cricket was hampered by class snobbery anachronistic fixations & an uncompetitive domestic game.


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Here is the complete history of Bentley one of Britains most distinguished marques from its creation in 1921 through its renaissance under VW ownership motorsport highlights including the 2003 victory at Le Mans & up to the present with the introduction of the Flying Spur saloon Azure Continental GTC Brooklands Coupe & several limited editions
- plus the substantial Arnage facelift. Turbocharged Bentley saloons coupes & convertibles are among the fastest & most desirable cars in the world.
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For over 80 years these legendary Bentleys the creation of the celebrated engineer W.O. Bentley have remained the object of fascination & desire of all motoring enthusiasts. This full colour book covers the 3-Litre of 1921 the 4 1/2-Litre & the 4 1/2-Litre ' Blower Bentley. The author studies the evolution of the models their competition history & the wide range of coachwork fitted. This is the seventeenth title in the publisher's In Detail series which provide classic car enthusiasts with detailed originality data. ...

The Bentley Mk VI introduced in 1946 fairly bristled with new ideas & marked a bold change of direction for a company as conservative as Rolls-Royce owner of the Bentley marque. The most radical departure from pre-war practice was the fact that the Mk VI could be bought with a standard body. Other major new features were the engine cruciform chassis & hydraulically operated front brakes. However none of this indicates the true historical importance of the Mk VI or why the model is at the heart of this book-quite simply the Mk V Is design was the well-spring from which all the mainstream Rolls-Royce & Bentley models flowed until the advent of the Silver Shadow & Bentley T-Series in 1965. Here is the complete story of the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Silver Dawn & Silver Cloud & the Bentley Mk VI R-Type & S-Type. Covering concept design & development production promotion publicity & the coachbuilt cars. There is also helpful practical advice on buying & running these cars today together with appendices of chassis number sequences & dates build numbers & modifications & development by chassis number. Illustrated with over 160 black & white & color photos this book is a must have for anyone interested in automotive history. ...

WO Bentley had launched his first model the four-cylinder 3 Litre in 1921 as a sporting car for the discerning driver intending that it should provide 80mph performance with exceptional reliability founded on the quality of its engineering & construction. All cars even came with a five-year guarantee. It quickly became the favourite of wealthy young sportsmen & to prove a point 3-litres won at Le Mans in 1924 & 1927. This book looks in detail at Bentley's 1925 creation the six-cylinder 61/2-litre the 1928 Speed Six version & the 1931 supercar the enormous handsome & expensive 8-litre
- one of motoring's immortal legends. Outstanding examples of all the models have been photographed specially for this book & are featured in detail in some 150 colour shots. There are also more than 150 black-&-white photographs drawn from archive sources.
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Beowulf" composed between the seventh & tenth centuries is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel & later from Grendel's mother. He returns to his own country & dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous defeating it & living on in the exhausted aftermath. Heaney's celebrated translation honours what is remote & intuits what is uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now for the first time the Old English text
- which survived only in a single scorched manuscript now held in the British Museum
- can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages."

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Composed towards the end of the first millennium of our era the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf" is a Northern epic & a classic of European literature. In this new translation Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is true line by line to the original poem." ...

This is the classic story written over a thousand years ago & retold for children ready to tackle longer & more complex stories. Fearsome monsters stalk the moors of ancient Denmark murdering anyone they catch. But then a warrior comes from overseas. His name is Beowulf. He kills monsters. Each scene is atmospherically brought to life with Victor Tavares' illustrations. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme is developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. ...

The monster Grendel kills everyone. No weapon can stop him. The great warrior Beowulf prepares to fight but can he beat the monster with neither sword nor shield? The Hopscotch Adventures series features exciting page-turning adventures in under 400 words for children developing their reading confidence. ...

The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have to face in our lives. This book recognises that there is no single solution to the problems of bereavement but that an understanding of grief can help the bereaved to realise that they are not alone in their experience. This new edition has been revised & extended to take into account recent research findings on both sides of the Atlantic. Parkes & Prigerson include additional information about the different circumstances of bereavement including traumatic loss disasters & complicated grief as well as providing details on how social religious & cultural influences determine how we grieve. Bereavement" provides guidance on preparing for the loss of a loved one & coping after theyve gone. It also discusses how to identify the minority in whom bereavement may lead to impairment of physical and/or mental health & how to ensure they get the help they need. This classic text will continue to be of value to the bereaved themselves as well as the professionals & friends who seek to help & understand them." ...